#36159E#36159E

#36159E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.196 H 281.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36159E
RGB	rgb(54, 21, 158)
HSL	hsl(254, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(254, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 86.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.96, 50.82, -66.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.96, 83.85, 307.30°)
OKLab	oklab(35.92% 0.0378 -0.1924)
OKLCH	oklch(35.92% 0.196 281.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.9591, 3.7886, 32.6530)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36159E #7D9E15

analogous

#15389E #36159E #7B159E

triadic

#36159E #9E3615 #159E36

tetradic

#36159E #9E1538 #7D9E15 #159E7B

square

#36159E #9E1538 #7D9E15 #159E7B

split-complementary

#36159E #9E7B15 #389E15

monochromatic

#110732 #240E68 #36159E #481CD4 #6D47E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#36159E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#36159E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36159E

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36159E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36159E	1.00	11.95	1.76	11.95
#FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003BA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00329C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00425D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36159e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 21, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.196 281.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5abc',
    500: '#36159e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36159e;
$custom-light: #7d5abc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36159e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.453,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35922,
    "c": 0.19613,
    "h": 281.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36159E

secondary

#A9C747

accent

#F335C5

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F7

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #36159E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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